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Should I ship a Roguelike Hunting game?
Hunting + Roguelike
Only 11 developers shipped a Roguelike Hunting game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Card Survival: Fantasy Forest, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $740k, ×1192 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,101) |
| Top 5% | $749k (exactly $748,760) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 90% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Roguelike
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,610 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
HellSign 2021 · $1.3M 
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest 2025 · EA · $749k 
The Rule of Land: Pioneers 2023 · $99k 
Legends of Wasteland 2026 · $67k 
In Woods 2024 · $41k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HellSign | older | $19.99 | 2,147 67% | 64k | $1.3M (exactly $1,287,556) | Ballistic Interactive |
| | Card Survival: Fantasy Forest | · EA | $21.99 | 1,135 76% | 34k | $749k (exactly $748,760) | WinterSpring Games |
| | The Rule of Land: Pioneers | older | $10.99 | 301 65% | 9.0k | $99k (exactly $99,240) | Horgee Games |
| | Legends of Wasteland | $6.99 | 320 62% | 9.6k | $67k (exactly $67,104) | 清友工作室 | |
| | In Woods | older | $6.99 | 195 84% | 5.9k | $41k (exactly $40,892) | Vision Party |
 | Dungeon Scavenger | older | $7.99 | 104 95% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vidama Software LLC |
 | Kill A Million Rats | $10.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $21k (exactly $21,101) | Nerdook Productions | |
 | Goblins Strike Back -Instant Fuck Heroines- | older | $14.99 | 44 75% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Ketchup AjiNo Mayonnaise |
 | Don't Freeze: A Winter Card Survival | · EA | $17.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $17k (exactly $16,731) | YOLO35GAMES |
 | Summonsters | older | $2.99 | 181 75% | 5.4k | $16k (exactly $16,236) | SFCO Games |
 | SideQuest Hunters | $4.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Paparajote Games | |
 | ShuffleHunt | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | PURESO_STUDIO | |
 | 猎人修仙传 Hunter Immortal | $7.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | blues | |
 | Monster Hunting Party | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Contradicted Canine | |
 | BuddySkill | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Youlstudio | |
 | Silent Woods | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | SQUAD24, Elermond Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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